Elijah Adebero
Renowned actress, Sola Sobowale, is still reflecting on the sacrifices she made because of her children.
She said she had to initially abandon her lucrative acting career in Nigeria to do odd jobs in the UK because she needed to be close to her children.
The veteran actress narrated the need to be there for her children who were studying in the UK at that time made her abandoned the fame, money and comfort of Nigeria to give them motherly care.
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Speaking during an episode of With Chude, Sobowale disclosed that in the early 2000s when she decided to leave the country, she was already making as much as N5 million within months from acting.
But the need to be there for her children made her sacrifice the luxury lifestyle and take up menial jobs such as cleaning, cooking, and mopping office floors to make ends meet in the UK where she earned 7.5 pounds per hour.
ACCORDING TO HER:
“I WENT BACK TO ENGLAND AND NOTICED THE KIDS LACK MOTHERLY TOUCH.
THEN I MOVED TO ENGLAND AND FORGOT STARDOM.”
“NOW, ALL OF THEM ARE WORKING AND NOW THEY APPRECIATE ME FOR MY SACRIFICE AND ASK ME TO GO BACK TO WHAT I KNOW HOW TO DO BEST SO THAT’S WHY I’M BACK IN NIGERIA.
“I REMEMBER I WAS AT ENUGU AND IN ONE LOCATION I SPENT ONE WEEK.
IN THAT ONE WEEK, I WAS ON N800,000 AND THAT WAS IN THE YEAR 2000.
AND THEN I CAME BACK TO LAGOS WITH OVER N5 MILLION.
WITHIN HOW MANY MONTHS, THE MONEY WAS BLOWING.
SO I LEFT THAT FOR 7.50 POUNDS PER HOUR.
I SWEPT, MOPPED, CLEANED OFFICES AND COOKED IN ENGLAND.”
